Censer with a lid surmounted by a hermaphrodite deity
Guanacaste culture, Nicoya region, Nicaragua/Costa Rica border
Period V-Period VI, 600-1100 A.D.
H. 66 cm - D. 33 cm
Light brown, slightly oxidized ceramic.
Semi-globular incense burner mounted on a ring base decorated on the sides of a stylized jaguar. The bell-shaped lid supports an anthropo-zoomorphic deity and two long-tailed lizards on the sides of the vessel. Numerous ornamental pellets attached to the lid.
Provenance :
Former French collection constituted at the beginning of the 20th century.
Provenance :
Former French collection constituted at the beginning of the 20th century.
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